Structural properties of electrophoretically deposited europium oxide nanocrystalline thin films

Electrophoretic deposition: From traditional ceramics to nanotechnology

“…133 Moreover a wide range of dense, nanostructured functional films have been produced by electrophoretic deposition of nanoparticles. Mahajan et al 134 produced nanocrystalline europium oxide (Eu 2 O 3 ) thin films and noticed that the films optical properties varied with deposit morphology: translucent, when there was a uniform size and distribution of the microstructure, and opaque, when there was a marked anisotropy of the size and distribution of the constituents of the microstructure. The deposition of nanostructured titania films by EPD has been carried out by several groups.…”

Preparation and characterization of nanostructured ZnO thin film by electrophoretic deposition from ZnO colloidal suspensions

“…For example nanostructured BaTiO 3 films [8,9], titania (TiO 2 ) thin films [10][11][12], europium oxide (Eu 2 O 3 ) thin films [13], etc. The feasibility of ZnO films through electrophoretic deposition of ZnO powder dispersed in aqueous or organic media has been demonstrated [14][15][16].…”

Self assembly of Eu2O3 nanocrystals and nanoneedles

“…2 Experimental details Eu 2 O 3 nanocrystals were produced via a colloidal chemistry procedure, the details of which are described elsewhere [1,13]. To produce the nanoneedles and nanospindles, we concentrated 100 mL of a methanolic nanocrystal solution down to 20 mL.…”